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Top stories today:
- X blocks links to newsletter with allegedly hacked JD Vance dossier
- California passes law to prohibit deceptive sales on digital stores
- OpenAIās funding round to be closed by next week, CFO tells investors
- Longevity investments sum $4.69B in H1, vs. $3.87B for entire 2023
- Hugging Face surpasses 1M AI model listings
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1. X blocks links to newsletter with allegedly hacked JD Vance dossier, bans journalist
Ken Klippenstein published the dossier in his newsletter.
Klippensteinās account was ātemporarily suspendedā over rule violation: X.
The Iranian hack of the Trump campaign allegedly led to the dossier.
āPersonal private informationā containing in the dossier is claimed to be the reason for the ban.
Relatedly, a grand jury has indicted multiple Iranians in connection with hacking the Trump campaign.
Elon Musk called publishing the newsletter with the dossier āone of the most egregious, evil doxxing actionsā
An error occurs when users searched for or shared links to the Klippenstein newsletter
Erstwhile Twitter used to prohibit hacked content on its platform.
Hunter Bidenās story links were banned under the earlier policy.
Interestingly, Elon had criticized Twitter at the time.
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3. California passes law to prohibit deceptive sales on digital stores
2025: when the AB 2426 will come into effect.
Licensed, not owned: Legislation will require digital stores to clarify media use.
Digital books, movies, and video games will be covered under the law.
āBuyā or āpurchaseā terms will be banned unless stores disclose the license.
Cases with Ubisoft and Sony pulling purchased content led to the law.
4. OpenAIās funding round to be closed by next week, CFO reportedly tells investors
The round reportedly led by Thrive Capital is speculated of $6.5B, valuing OpenAI roughly at $150B:
